Wine Time Fridays Podcast

We’ve reached Episode 300! 🥂 To celebrate hitting this elite podcasting milestone, we’re recording live at CDA Gourmet with our longtime friends, Brenda and Matt Sparkman. On the table: the stunning, 95-point Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame 2015 in its iconic Paola Paronetto teal box. From podcasting stats to the invention of the pupitre , this is an episode of 'Wine Time Fridays' you don...

In today's episode, the gang is back for our 4th annual Champagne and Fries Day episode in honor of tomorrows Champagne and Fries Day! Shelley and Phil sit with Sarah and Mark Lathrop as well as Joy and Curt Grady, tasting through 4 sparklers and three different styles of French Fries in honor of one of the great wine/food pairings ever! A HUGE thank you to Daniel Bentley and Season's of...

In today's episode we kick off Wine Time Fridays Season 7 with an amazing Amarone! Amarone is a very unique wine that is produced very differently from your typical wine. #HappyFriday! #Happy2026! #ItsWineTime! #Cheersing #EasterEgg Wines featured this episode: 2019 Michele Castellani, "i Castei" Campo Casalin Amarone della Valpolicella Classico (From GaryVee Wine Club, January, 202...

In today's episode, we put a bow on Season 6 and 2025 with some Boxing Day Bubbles while we recap our year. Happy New Year and #HappyFriday! #ItsWineTime! #Cheersing  Wines featured this episode: NV Cantina Zaccagnini Brut Blanc de Blancs ($21 at various retailers)😋 NV MUMM Sparkling Brut Rosé ($25 at various retailers)🤩 A HUGE thanks to our sponsors:  Naked Wines and Eternal Wine! Naked Wi...

In today's episode we opine about our fun with wind this week while we taste TWO Chardonnay's from Maryhill Winery - one is an every day Chardonnay and the other is a Reserve Chardonnay. Is the reserve worth the extra money? Tune in and find out (or go pick up both of these and taste through them for yourself). #HappyFriday! #ItsWineTime! #MerryChristmas! #Cheersing  Wines featured this...

In today's episode, we offer up another Old World vs New World episode and we're focusing on GSM! We picked up both of these wines at Pilgrim's Market and they are both VERY easy on the pocket book! #HappyFriday! #ItsWineTime! #Cheersing  Wines featured this episode:  2023 Domaine de la Solitude Côtes-du-Rhône ($18 at Pilgrim’s Market)🥰 2022 Isenhower I-series GSM ($21 at Pilgrim’s...

In today's episode, we have author, Danielle Frank, who has just released her new book, "A Wine Lover's Guide to Parenting: The Fine Art of Wine and Whine Management." One requires a corkscrew, the other requires patience but both can stain your carpets, as she explains. This is a very entertaining episode! #HappyFriday! #ItsWineTime! #Cheersing  "A Wine Lover's Guide...

In today's episode, it's Black Friday! There are some surprises in this episode that really caught us off guard, too! A White Port, Tawny Port, a Port STYLE wine and the first taste of the 2025 vintage! #HappyFriday! #ItsWineTime! #Cheersing  Wines featured this episode:  Dow's Fine White Porto ($16 at Fred Meyer)  Taylor Fladgate 10 Year Old Tawny Porto ($32 at Fred Meyer) 2002 Leo...

In today's episode, we come to you from The Business Zone in Hayden and are so grateful to welcome David Hoffman from Total Wine & More in Spokane Valley to talk about some wines that would pair perfectly for the upcoming holidays! We're less than a week away from Thanksgiving and the mayhem that follows. Brace yourself! It's the holidays! But after this episode, you won't...

In today's episode, we battle and navigate through the background noise challenges that come with recording in a wine bar as we talk with Chris Upchurch at Studio 107 in Riverstone. Chris talks with us about his career as a winemaker, his first 100 point score at Upchurch Vineyard and the larger than life fun that IS the wine world! #HappyFriday! #ItsWineTime! #Cheersing  *Please forgive the...

In today's episode, we offer another in our Old World vs New World series. Today, we're talking, Merlot! We're featuring a Right Bank Bordeaux and a Washington Merlot. And both Shelley and Phil are tasting these blind! #HappyFriday! #ItsWineTime! #Cheersing  Wines this episode:  2018 Chateau Ste Michelle Canoe Ridge Estate Merlot ($45) 🥰 2021 Château Cormeil-Figeac St Émilion Grand...

It's Halloween! And today we're opening three ghoulish, but spooktacular, wines in the SPIRIT of this haunting day. Two of these are pretty easy to find and the other is easy if you're shopping at Pilgrim's Market. Don't be afraid! These wines are more treats than tricks! #HappyFriday! #ItsWineTime! #Cheersing #PetiteBoo Wines this episode:  2022 The Velvet Devil Merlot fr...

In todays episode we honor World Champagne Day, which is today, with a Champagne and Shelley's birthday, which is tomorrow, with her all-time favorite Merlot, from Duckhorn! #HappyFriday! #ItsWineTime! #Cheersing #SighOfRelease #Birthdaying  Wines this episode:  NV Waris Hubert Armorial Cousin de Barbonne Blanc de Noirs ($45 at Pilgrim’s Market) 😋 2018 Duckhorn Vineyards Three Palms Vineyard...

In todays episode we get to virtually sit down with an amazing, one-of-a-kind guest, Keri Scaggs! Keri is into great relationships, Kentucky Bourbon, Kentucky Wildcats basketball, music and of course wine! We talk about them all! In fact, we get to hear her sing to us, too! #HappyFriday! #ItsWineTime! #Cheersing #EasterEgg Wines this episode: 2024 Paix Sur Terre Sandtone Vermentino ($45 at the win...

In todays episode, Shelley and Phil honor 100 years of Pinotage by tasting through two incredibly affordable wines from South Africa! If you haven't tasted this creation from Pinot Noir and Cinsault you're missing out. International Pinotage Day is tomorrow so what are you waiting for? #HappyFriday! #ItsWineTime! #Cheersing Wines this episode: 2022 Frank Pinotage ($15 at Pilgrim's M...

In todays episode, we dabble in some canned wines as well as feature an Orange Wine in honor of Orange Wine Day which is coming up on Monday. If you haven't had an Orange Wine, Pilgrim's Market has three of them to try, including the one we're featuring today! #HappyFriday! #ItsWineTime! #Cheersing Wines this episode: Frico Lambrusco - in a can ($3.19 at Pilgrim's Market)🥰 NV...

In todays episode, we're featuring two value wines, one from Grocery Outlet and one from Pilgrim's. Two VASTLY different opinions. We're honoring Torrontés Day with an amazing Torrontés from Pilgrim's and we'll leave it at that.😉 #HappyFriday! #ItsWineTime! #Cheersing  Wines this episode: 2023 Riojana Torrontés Riojano ($10 at Pilgrim's Market)🤩 2020 Smith & Ell...

In todays episode, we're thrown a curve ball! We THOUGHT we were going to feature a Grenache from Elsom Cellars and instead it's a Mourvèdre! Yep, a bonus wine we hadn't planned on doing! But, we ARE featuring a Grenache Blanc and Grenache Noir in honor of Grenache day tomorrow! #HappyFriday! #ItsWineTime! #Cheersing #ChickenUpdate Wines this episode: 2024 Two Vintner's Grenach...

Sometimes...ok, MANY times during our lives as wine drinkers, we have the challenge of keeping our wine safe and cool, whether it's during transporting the wine or keeping it from cooking during camping trips, tailgate parties or a plethora of other occasions! Today, we found the solution as we have Jeanine Lum with 3rd Bottle Wine Bags. No more drinking warm or cooked wines! #HappyFriday! #I...

Today, we have another "From Games to Grapes" episode and we are so blessed that it's with Former Husky and NFL QB, Damon Huard, with Passing Time Winery. In this episode we pass the time talking Husky football, great wines and kick off the football season in style! #HappyFriday! #ItsWineTime! #Cheersing #EasterEgg Passing Time wines featured this episode: 2023 Passing Time Chardonn...

Today, Shelley and Phil put a bow on the 2nd Washington Wine Month in impressive fashion, featuring wines from DeLille Cellars! D2 from DeLille Cellars has been a house favorite of Shelley and Phil's for over 25 years but today, they're adding a few MORE favorites! Wines from DeLille are a must try! You'll thank us later! #HappyFriday! #ItsWineTime! #Cheersing #EasterEgg Wines this...

Today, Shelley and Phil dive into week four of the 2nd Washington Wine Month of 2025 with a name most people should know in Chateau Ste Michelle and a great value Syrah! Washington wines continue to shine! #HappyFriday! #ItsWineTime! #Cheersing Wines this episode: 2022 Chateau Ste Michelle Chardonnay ($23 at Pilgrim's Market) 2023 The Originals Syrah ($6 at Trader Joe's) A HUGE thanks to...

Today, Shelley and Phil virtually sit across from Erica Orr with Orr Wines. These wines are amazing! Find them! Buy them! We're ALL in on these wines. These wines were so good, Phil even drops an F-Bomb! <Gasp!> This episode sums up why we do this podcast. #HappyFriday! #ItsWineTime! #Cheersing #DumpPhil #EasterEgg  Wines this episode: 2024 Orr Old Vine Chenin Blanc ($28 at the winery)...

Today, Shelley and Phil continue with a Washington wine for the 2nd Washington Wine Month but also add a Riesling from the Finger Lakes region because it's ALSO Finger Lakes Wine Month! #HappyFriday! #ItsWineTime! #Cheersing #YayForShayRoséAllDay  Wines this episode: 2021 Nova Cadamatre Reserve Riesling ($35 Market/$18 Angels at Naked Wines) 🤩 2020 Powers Syrah ($18.50 at Pilgrim's Mark...

Today, Shelley and Phil sit virtually with Maggie Hedges, winemaker at Domaine Magdalena in Red Mountain and taste through three of her amazing wines! She shares with us some very fun stories and some exciting things coming up in the future while we hear from BOTH of our dogs near the end! #HappyFriday! #ItsWineTime! #Cheersing Please visit https://dmag.wine/ for everything going on at the winery...